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FG blocks installation of 10,000 security cameras in Lagos

April 27, 2013 : Kunle Falayi

Governor Babatunde Fashola

The cold war between the Federal Government and Lagos State Government may be the reason why the latter has stopped the Lagos Safe City Project, a scheme aimed at providing 10,000 solar-powered closed circuit cameras all over the metropolis, Saturday PUNCH has learnt.

This emerged against the backdrop of the increasing cases of kidnapping in Lagos, a menace that has defied efforts by the police and other in the state.

While making enquiries about police effort in tracking kidnappers through the security cameras in the state, a police source at the State Criminal Investigation Department told our correspondent that security cameras had never been used in their investigations.

“The only time we make use of CCTV cameras is when our investigation takes us to a hotel or mall with security cameras. But if it is a crime committed on a Lagos road, forget it,” the source said.

Governor Babatunde Fashola had stated in January 2009 that the 10,000 cameras the state planned to install were to help to reduce crime in the state.

At a demonstration event, Fashola said the number of policemen in the state was inadequate considering the number of people in the state.

He said at the time, “Eighteen million people cannot be protected and policed by 33,000 people. This is impossible. No matter how much we try to increase the number of policemen, we cannot continue to do the same thing and expect a different result.

“In an information technology-driven world, we have to be counted as one of those states and communities which will adopt best practices. Cameras, sensors, tracking devices are the nerve centre of these facilities that would assist men and officers of the police force, fire service among others to do their duty much more effectively.”

The project was to be funded by the Lagos Security Trust Fund while the cameras were supposed to be managed remotely through a central security command unit. Four years after this announcement was made, the state has not had a taste of those promises.

Our correspondent contacted the state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Lateef Ibirogba, on why the cameras have yet to be installed as the governor promised.

Ibirogba simply said the matter was out of the hands of the state government.

He said, “The problem with the issue of security cameras has nothing to do with the state government.

“When we were about to embark on their installation, the Federal Government contacted us and said we needed to stop. The reason we were given was that the FG had a scheme in the pipeline, which involved the installation of security cameras all over major cities in the country.

“According to the Federal Government, Lagos was going to be in the first phase of the project. That was why we stopped our own project.

“But we have since written a letter to the Federal Government, asking it to tell us those locations where the cameras will be installed so that when we begin to install ours, we would not duplicate locations. That is where we currently stand.”

A state government official, who is also familiar with the issue, said the Federal Government’s negative attitude to it might be political.

“We all know the security cameras issue may remain buried as far as the Federal Government is concerned. If you think the Federal Government is overly concerned about Lagos, a state that is not controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party, then you are naïve,” the government source said.

Efforts to get the Presidency’s reaction did not yield positive result on Thursday as the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, could not be reached on his not pick the calls made to his telephone line.

Why don’t Lagos pass a law establishing or supporting a private investigation industry with license to bear arms. And then stop making noise about its plans. Quietly set up cameras or establish a law that all private premises and car parks which are especially high profile must have surveillance CCTV cameras with support from lasg. That is a way around the fg. That way information can be easily gathered

Omoibile

thank God you are not the governor of Lagos!

growthengine

Sit down and watch Lagos become kidnap haven. If they could use lastma to sort out chaos on our roads in Lagos, we need some initiative and ingenuity for security in Lagos, or else we start experiencing baga and odi style relations here too. There should be a special Lagos city police, I keep saying it. The current one is inadequate.

NIGERIAN

It doesn’t work that way…in dis croked arrangement….all Security initiative must be approved by the FG. It is like asking Lagos to pass a law to establish State police. Its a treasonable offence like building an army to confront the FG.

ife

so because of pride, the FG would rather prefer lagos state remains insecure. the president should ask himself if he is the president of Nigeria or that of the PDP. This kind of behaviour is simply nauseous.
IT is this same stupid mindset that prevented them from allowing OYO, OGUN and LAGOS states from reconstructing the lagos- ibadan expressway ( which they would probably have done an excellent job, if only to embarass the FG), afteral Edo and Ondo states were allowed to repair parts of benin-ore road.
Politics will not kill all the common sense of this Otuoke fisherman. Anyway , i just remembered he doesnt give a damn, even if the entire population of lagos die on that road.

chichi

punch Newspaper is a disgrace, am tired of reading the same kind of story every time, you people have reduced this paper to nothing, can’t you give your readers something developmental to read? why must it be opposition every time, to even analyze the topic you wont, The Lagos state govt told you that Federal govt stopped it, did you contact the federal agency to find out what happened, before writing this trash. Ameachi’s Pilot this not do what he is supposed to do, and as a result could not fly when he ought to fly, how is that news? even commercial air craft can face such, this propaganda of ACN and APC is getting childish day by day.

eyobaba

Omo biafra thank you very few people just didn’t see the dishonesty of the Lagos state government with tihis sort of early stupid political propaganda acn or should I say apc is heading towards losing Lagos state to bode George

ak

you think that Lagosians are idiotic to give their mandate to ex-convicts and political jobers of Bode George ilk?

Priestley

They are already idiotic for not using legal democratic process to make sure that the federal government that generates billions from the sea ports and airport in Lagos use the some of the money to repair the road from the seaport to the airport ( Oshodi express road) Since 1999. It is a shame to the people of Lagos. This type of injustice can never happen in the north.

http://twitter.com/OlusegunAdekoy2 Olusegun Adekoya

This is what we read in June 2012 so who is fooling who” Oluwatoyin Ayinde, Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, said the CCTV project was initiated by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Police Affairs in collaboration with the state government. He said the development was to have efficient crime monitoring and control, using security communication system. Over 1000 of the CCTVs are being currently installed in the state.

According to Ayinde, the Ministry of Physical Planning selected the sites for sitting the CCTV cameras in collaboration with other relevant ministries in the state that are working on the modality for successful installation.

“With regards to security of the state, the Federal Ministry of Police Affairs initiated the necessity for the government to install security communication systems/surveillance in all cameras in some strategic location within the state for effective and efficient monitoring and control of crime. This project brought the state Ministry of Physical Planning Department to select site for sitting the CCTV cameras in collaboration with other ministries in the state.

“At least, 1000 CCTV cameras with transmission based within the state are to be mounted throughout Lagos in areas like Victoria Island, Agege and other locations within the metropolis,” he said. He stressed that arrangement has been concluded to link the cameras with the state emergency command centre to ensure effective communication and crime control system.

Peter2000

Thanks, most people will not read this, but will just run their mouths as usual.

EDO BOY

Fashola is working, lagos is moving. I guess GEJ is always amazed at the rate of development in Lagos whenever he visits. Eko Oni Gbaje

ruk200013

true talk

nuelsymbol

EDO BOY, indeed Eko o ni baje

Israel

PLEASE FOR ANYONE THAT CARES: Nigeria must either break or restructured without any further delay into a true federating units where each state control their police with their own inspector general of police, constitution, 100% resource control etc. All the steps being taking by GEJ, PDP and anyone in position of authority today in Nigeria is to destroy the South West. GEJ and PDP cannot provide security and they are preventing those that want to do same, exposing the South West to the criminals that his region and the North have groom over the years, this is very unfortunate. I, as a person will never forgive Bola Ahmed Tinubu and those who are clamouring that the South West should be in main stream politics: WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR IN NIGERIA, AND WHY IS THE SOUTH WEST STILL PART OF THIS NATION CALLED NIGERIA?. Whatever peaceful steps required to get out of Nigeria must start now through the UNITED NATIONS. The on-going constitution review cannot hold Nigeria together nor solve our problems, it is time to break.

Patito

what ure requesting my good friend Israel started 45 years ago but our founding fathers of greed and ambition thwarted it that is why we their grand children are reaping the consequences of their actions…the real heroes have been those who died for fighting the cause you just proposed…well it is never to late but the oligarch will not see to it…anyway SW & SS betrayed the SE so my friend how do you think is possible with our own Asiwaju begging them to come and join forces with him to continue this mirage called Nigeria.

Olumide Adefemi

PATITO,
When wil you Yanmirin people get a life? Must Igbo always write foolishly? Each time you write you acuse Yoruba of betraying Igbo. Did you hav any agreement wit Yorubas to go to a senseless war? Did you hav d manpower and amunition to prosecute a war against a nation? Foolish people. If Ojukwu led you to comit suicide, must Yorubas folow you to comit suicide? Idiots. Animals.

gamma energy

We are all suffering today – north and south – because of the one-size-fits-all arrangement. If the creation of 12 states was necessary to isolate and defeat Biafra (depending on your perspective), the country should have been returned to the pre-1967 arrangement in 1970 or shortly after. This is my opinion. Lagos and any any other progressive state would not have been reduced to the Abuja ineptitude today if Aburi or the pre-12 State structure was in place. Why shouldn’t everybody move at their God-given pace? You don’t have to be condemned to 10 km/hour just to accommodate my 10 km/hour when you can do better than 10 km/hour? That is where Nigeria is today, and that was not the case pre-12 states. It will only get worse my dear Olumide. We are all victims of the destruction of fiscal federalism, head or tail. If it is not rectified, you and I and majority of Nigerians will continue to suffer. Only the political class benefits from the present arrangement.

Gideon17Up

If the stupid renegade soldier did not execute any coup to kill our leaders in January 1966, we won’t have any problem. That is the genesis of our problem. We were doing fine our own way before then! There was no Aburi then, and everybody was growing at its own pace. If there is anyone to blame, they are the first coupists that threw Nigeria into disarray.

John Graves

Your little mind is venturing into something beyond its capacity. Stick to local amala politics that your little brain understands.

Gideon17Up

My little brain is way bigger than yours. It will take a miracle to get anything through your thick head. Since you cannot dispute what I wrote, you started your stupid statement.

gamma energy

The fact, my dear Gedion, is that you fought and won the war, and I give you kudos for that. You had 100% control of the government and country from January of 1970. How did you rule? What did you learn from the war? In what direction did you take the country? Look at post war Germany, Japan, and Korea? Countries learn from their past and make reasonable adjustments for the future. The easy part is to win a war. The real problem is managing the peace. There was a genuine opportunity in 1970 that would have put the entire country ahead of where we are today, especially with tremendous growth in national income and population. Unfortunately, there was no serious intention to take the country to great heights. If there was any such intention, I humbly submit to you that the managerial skills were lacking, and a system was put in place that is still dragging us down. In fact, we are being gragged backwards. Tell me that by refusing the good intentions of Fashola the Federal Govt is not dragging Lagos state backwards. This is the structure you put in place in 1967 and consolidated in 1970. By the way, the last time I checked, there were non-Ibos which included Yoruba officers in the first coup. I condemn the coup. You don’t go beyond the coup plotters and their sponsors in you revange. Especially, you don’t wipe out millions of innocent civilians that had nothing to do with a coup. You then proceeded to destroy the country because a section would not yield to your non-federal arrangement. Today, the whole country, including the State of Lagos, is reeping the consequences of your victory and your imposition of a non-federal structure. Again, accept my congratulations!

Gideon17Up

I do not base my condemnation of the coupist on their tribal composition. Ademoyega was there. The coup was led by an Igbo man. However, when the killing of Nigerian leaders were to take place, all Igbos leaders were not touched! How do you account for that? Those Igbo officers who were asked to kill their leaders in the East refused to carry it out. Nzeogwu killed a religious and spiritual leader of the north, along with the prime minister, who happened to be from the north! If at least one of the Igbo political leaders were killed at the time, perhaps things would change! Don’t tell me some stories that leaving Igbo leaders out of the killing at the time was an accident. It was deliberate. For the northerners to revenge, I don’t blame them for the reaction, because, the stupid Aguiyi Ironsi refused to prosecute those coupist!

Now that said, after the war, if Igbos really think that they are that great, they would have turned their area around by now, instead of running to other places to survive. Their millionnaires cannot even spend a night in SE. Igbos always blame other people for their problems!

Patito

so Nzeogwu, Alileh, Ifeajuna, Banjo and Ogugua are now Ibos abi? these are my brothers from the SS we denial to be Ibos even till date but we caused the mistake the Ibos took for us even for them developing other areas but lets reassured that the continuous distorting of history including perceived in justice going on now might have it roots to our collective failure to SEE OUR FAILURES TO INTEGRATE AMONG EACH OTHER

Your muthafuckin papa awolowo agreed to break away from nigeria if the southeast declared a republic. He did not because he was a coward like your tribe is. Fighting for what one believes in and to save your own people is not suicide. Every human being should be willing to stand up and fight for their core beliefs or they are animals.

During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle
of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I
have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a
democratic and free society in which all persons live together in
harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to
live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am
prepared to die.- Nelson Mandela

squarek

The ideals for which you live is commendable and I must urge all to support your ideals. Having made that point, I need to point out some inaccuracies in your comment. If you read the minutes of the numerous meetings papa Awolowo and some leaders of the midwest had with Ojukwu and some other leaders of the southeast prior to to the civil war(which was published last year), you will see that at no time did papa Awolowo agreed with anyone to secede. He made it clear to Ojukwu that the southwest was not in a position to secede as the entire region was saturated with nothern troops and that the southwest had no weaponry to prosecute a war therefore it will be suicidal for the southwest to embark on a war that it could not win. He also made it clear to the federal authorities that the southwest will also secede if the southeast is allowed to secede. His preference therefore was for a united Nigeria and not a Nigeria made up of only two fragments. Further more, he pleaded with Ojukwu and the leaders of the southeast to engage in dialogue with the federal government so their grievances could be addressed. All these information is now available for public access. The Yorubas have been called cowards repeatedly by you people and available evidence points to the contrary. the heroics of Yoruba war commanders is well documented and well known. Nigerian history during the civil war and post civil war is full of heroic conduct of Yorubas fighting or agitating for what they truly believe in. The fight against gun totting military dictators and reckless murderous civilian governments in Nigeria have always found Yorubas in the fore front at huge personal and community cost to all. Unarmed civilians sticking out there neck against powerful criminals running the country can hardly be described as cowards by right thinking persons. Right from Adekunle Fajuyi, Benjamin Adekunle, even the criminal OBJ, to Fela Kuti, Gani Fawehinmi, Beko Kuti and a host of other Yorubas still leading the fight for the cause of humanity, you must agree with me that your comment about the Yoruba’s is inaccurate and contemptuos.

http://www.facebook.com/abidemi.dosunmu Abidemi Dosunmu

This is a very matured response. No abuse and no curse! Keep it up my bro.

curlywurly

You have showed “John Graves” what maturity and education is all about. Kudos to you for this analysis. Well written and well presented for all to see. I keep on wondering why some people are so drawn to tribalism which puts them on the platform of being biased in every of their statement. I believe when making a point or contributing to a forum like this, it needs to be fair and just. That way, anyone who is confused and wanting to know the core facts would be able to do more research and get his/her curiosity answered. God bless you for this genius contribution!!!

Priestley

Good analyses. Can squarek then answer these questions.

1. Since the federal authorities were in the SW, and the SW lacked the capacity to fight, why are some uninformed yorubas asking what the Biafran troops were doing at Ore, knowing that Ore was a yoruba land? Don’t you think the Biafran troops with some yourbas commanders did so to liberate the SW from the federal authorities? Ditto what recently happened in CAR, Central African Republic, were the rebels fought to the capital?

2. Why did Awo took it upon himself to introduce starvation as weapon of war that killed millions of children and women. Remember he didn’t have faith in Nigeria earlier, as he described Nigeria as a mere geographical expression.

3. Why did he introduce the £20 pay policy for every SE account holders? If not to deal a final blow to his perceived enemies.

4. Why was the indigenisation policy of companies introduce as such a time the £20 holder are disadvantaged as they hadn’t fund to acquire comapnies?

squarek

Just read your reply to curlywurly and then saw your questions. in answer to your first question, the southwest was saturated with northern troops prior to the war and not during the war. Once the war started most federal troops were of course deployed to the war front to the extent that some people were conscripted into the army. So since the war broke out the southwest being a constituent part of Nigeria was effectively at war with Biafra. So annexing the midwest and heading for the southwest far from been an act of liberation was a suicidal mistake by Ojukwu’s determination to conquer the federal capital.
To your second question, Papa Awolowo being the federal minister of finance and so a member of the war cabinet had a role to play in the war effort and his ingenuity was clearly displayed by the blockade decision which brought the war to a quick end.
As regards the £20. It was a lot of money in those days (more than the average salary at the time) remember this was before the Udoji award which catapulted incomes to another level. It was a fair amount for a government trying to effect reconstruction of the war ravaged nation and its infrastructure at the same time as rehabilitating and resettling citizens who were victims of the just ended war.
Finally indigenisation policy started in 1977 or thereabout,,seven good years after the civil war when OBJ was head of state. It was not intended to disenfranchise any Nigerian but to empower Nigerians economically. The Udoji awards had taken place and Nigerians generally had money to spend. But it was designed to give more opportunity to Nigerians in terms of employment and investment opportunities by barring foreigners from some aspect of our economy. It certainly favoured the Igbos who are well known for their can do attitude and industry.

Gideon17Up

Squarek, there is no way you can convince these thicke heads people (Igbo). They have been programmed to continue to believe that Awolowo promised Ojukwu anything. Awolowo clearly stated that, if Eastern Region was allowed by to secede by omission or commission, Western Region would also have to leave the federation. Was Eastern Region allowed to secede? The answer is no. The occupation of Western Region is understood since Lagos was the seat of the government. They need to control the whole area. If Abuja had been the capital, it would be a different story. Today, Igbo (SE) may elect to secede, and no one needs to fire a single shot. If Ojukwu had limited his option to secede to the current core Igbo (SE), nobody would try to stop him. But he wanted to annext Port-Harcour, Calabar, and even Mid-West! Yes, he was the governor of Eastern Region, but that is under Nigeria federation, and as such, he had no jurisdiction over the whole area. Awolowo did not promise Igbo anything. If there were anyone to do that, it would either be Fajuyi (who was killed trying to protect his visitor: Aguiyi Ironsi!). It was implicit in Awolowo statement that he preferred a united Nigeria! And he reserved the right to his choice. Because Igbo wanted to secede, we do not have to follow their path! Ojukwu ered badly, and he paid dearly for it!

As for fighting for our civil rights, even before independence, who is the leader? Of course we, the Yorubas. Herbert Macaulay (Zik’s boss) was known for his ferocity and undying attitude to get our independence! Of course, these thick head people (Igbo) would never admit that.

Do mind these mindless people (Igbo). Let them try to engage us in war, and they will know that we were once a nation that have conquered territories in the past! Our heroic attitude was demonstrated during the war. Even with a stroke of a pen by changing the currency comatose OJukwu. Up till death, Ojukwu revered Chief Awolowo. On Ojukwu’s return from exile, he went to Ikenne to pay homage to the mighty Awolowo.

Omoniger1

You must have been reading ‘ things fall apart’ too much.When you guys started the war,why are you heading towards Lagos not to the north or do you think the Yorubas should wait for you to take-over the south-west.
The Igbos need to be wise and thinks right you all seems not to have learnt anything.The Yorubas only took part in the war because you guys were already in Ore the present Ondo state killing our people.
Awolowo did the right things that any good leader will do.Just because you lot dont have a good leader doesn’t mean all others leader should be called names.
Mandela only fight for his people and will not support some group of people killing his people.If Mandela could have found himself in that situation he would have done the same things.
Please look for the meaning of coward before you use the word again.

Gideon17Up

John Graves is a foolish man. He wanted us to be waving flags to the Biafran invasion army on their way to Lagos. He wanted us to sing the song of praise when Lagos cinema was bombed by the Biafran soldiers. Let them try this nonsense again, and they will see that their last treatment would be a joke compared to what would happen to them today.

de_wale

So you commit to war on the pages of news paper or just like that in the air. Nothing signed, no paper – nothing just a quote – No wonder the battle was lost with lots of innocent lives. Very smart.
Keep blaming – may be one day your chicken would grow horn.

Die for your beliefs it says not for stupidity.

OKORO OMODE ADO

I REGRERT MUCH HOW SOME OF IGBO HALF BAKED SENSE REASON, CAN U JUST TELL THE WORLD WHY ONLY OTHER TRIBES WERE KILLED IN YOUR IGBO COUP OF JANUARY 15, WHY ONLY 19 STUDENTS FROM WEST, 9 FROM THE WHOLE NORHT AND WHY 112 IBO GOT ADMISSION TO UI IN 1965. WHY IGBO BOYS WHO KILLED PRIME MINISTER, PREMEIR OF THE NORHT AND WEST AND OKOTIEBOH NO SINGLE IGBO INJURED WAS KEPT FOR SIX MONTHS BY IRONSI. WHY IGBO KITCHEN CABINET OF IRONSI ENACTED DECREE 34 (ABOLISHING THE REGION). LEAVE LET OTHE LEAVE DEAR NDIGBO.

igboham

The igbo civilians killed between 1945 and 1966 all planed the coup. Ben Gbulie an Igbo army officer was killed by the coup plotters in 1966. It is nice to write with facts. I doubt you support the massacres of people due to ethnicity or group punishment.

Gideon17Up

What your foolish people decided to do was to separate and annex other territories (Port-Harcourt, Calabar, Mid-West) with your Biafra. You should have limited your ambition to SE. By the way, Western Region did not sign an agreement with you to opt out of Nigeria. Baba Awolowo and others went to East to plead with Ojukwu not to declare cessation. Then, when your Gbugburu Ojukwu refused, he was begged to let the emissary get to their destination before declaring cessation, but Ojukwu refused. This was understandable, but nobody every signed agreement with you and your people. You have a better option now to leave. Just make sure you do not try to annex Port-Harcourt, Calabar, Asaba, etc) as part of your Biafra. Leave it to SE, and all you need is to sponsor a bill, and trust me, you will be granted an expedited exit. You guys need to get this through your thick head.

OKORO OMODE aDO

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

qamal

Must ur solution to everything be about breaking up Nigeria? And even if Nigeria breaks ( God forbid), does it guarantee anything? While a lot of people in Lagos are not happy with this development, I think it is up to our amiable governor to handle d situation. Either the state govt go on with its own project or further discuss d issue wit d FG. Because if d issue isn’t dealt with, it is we the masses that bear d brunt.

Israel

BREAKING IS THE SOLUTION, why must the state discuss with FG?. We are talking of restructuring the nation and practicing true federalism based on 100% resource control, state police, constitution that is extremely secular etc and this is not being allowed by these people benefiting from the evils in Nigeria while the masses are terribly in pain. But for what Baba Awolowo did in Western region, the South West would have been in a terrible mess today, this was the few era of true federalism which was truncated by the Northern Oligarchy with the connivance of Akintola and co utilizing the Federal might which has brought us into unitary system of government. The mistake most of you are making is that you think it is only a military man that can initiate war or revolution, we must all rise up and address this now while it is not too late. Also some people in the forum thinks by posting here, may be you are one of the less privileged Nigerians, by the grace of God, I am above that and some of the thieving billionaire being worshiped by Nigerians but I love my land and I am arrogantly proud to be a Yoruba, I do not want a situation to arise where I relocate my family and come back home to join in defending the OODUA REGION, we should all cry and do whatever is civil now why it is not too late.

Caesaro

Unfortunately it was your same Awolowo that truncated the splitting of the country in 1967 so why are you crying now? Stay and reap the dividends of your one Nigeria

Gbolabo

Chief Awolowo must always take blame for your problems. Maybe Awo was the commander in chief that prosecuted the war. Better wake up and plan for your future (if you think you have any to plan for anyway) rather than delve on matters you know nothing about.

Israel

Your grand fathers mis-informed and mislead you by sowing seed of discord into your heart like Papa Achebe did before he died, my respect and regard for Papa Achebe drop to zero after the last bomb shell and additional seed of discord he released before his death thereby strengthening my resolve that Nigeria must break so that you can leave South West. For me, I am old enough and grow with the history the IGBOS are trying to re-write. When my mother died in 2006 in our village, over 5 igbos brought money which my mother gave to them to assist their business activities which we were not even aware, my tribe have been too kind to you people but you hate us because your fathers told you lies to cover their clue-lessness and vision-lessness because when Awolowo was developing South West, Papa Zik was sleeping while Tafawa Balewa was busy marrying 4 wives, eaten goro, sending the Hausas to Quran school to learn how to kill and bomb churches

papaemeka

Mr Bigot, have you no shame? Week in week out you are on this forum with your neo-fascist ideology. The time you spend on this forum spreading ethnic and religious hate can be put to better use. Why don’t you go and get a life, get a proper life away from your bitter life.

Olayori

Better yet, he can just commit a suicide if he is frustrated with one Nigeria. The idea that a one Nigeria is detrimental to the development of their region is false. After all, when was the last time a non-indigene ruled your states? What have your leaders done for the cause of your people?

NV Danmola

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Israel

If anyone will commit suicide, you are number one because you cannot live an average life, jobless. Eni to o ba mo bi egbe e se la, a sa ere ku. You are the one suffering, you and papaemeka cannot decide how I use my time for me. If at my age I have one of my children running my empire and your father is still struggling to feed you at 70: who should commit suicide; YOU SHALL SURELY COMMIT SUICIDE ANY MOMENT FROM NOW.

Olayori

You act like a primary school pupil. You comments are immature on this forum. If you are up to 20 years of age, then that is pathetic. Get a life!

igboham

I like one Nigeria but it should be by choice and not because Britain or Gowon said so. It is called self determination.

Uche

Good talk….
The idiot need to get a life.

Ify Glad

Sometimes, It’s hard to have intelligent discussion on this forum. Many thanks to information communication that have fallen into the wrong hands . The issue at stake here is that a competent, pro-active and efficient Governor is trying to do his job….and an incompetent, myopic and sentimental president is frustrating him. And then you have a scumbag trying to teach Nigerians malicious history.

Very true. But I dont understand whyt these projects couldn’t be executed independently without the FG’s approval.

squarek

Very true, what we all need to do is rounding up on an ineffective national leadership that isn’t up to scratch and yet will do anything to prevent or scupper others doing what is right so that its ineptitude is not made even more glaring.

Freedom

Israel you are a terrorist

Israel

Your father happens to be my mentor.

Gideon17Up

Israel already gave you the right answer.

Priestley

Forget about Zik, upon all that Awo did for you, were you close to achieving what the Igbos achieved before the civil war? Okay academically, Kenneth Dike was the first indigenous VC of UI and Eni Njoku the first indigenous VC of Unilag. They were all Igbos. Where were your own professors than? You are just able to talk now because of the set back of the civil war and Awo’s treachery to make yorubas catch up due to starvation and £20 policy. All that Igbo want is a level playing ground to excel. We are getting there gradually. Only last week Orji Kalu was at House of Commons in UK to make the international community understand our situation in the country. You will have Nigeria to yourself in the fullness of time.

Israel

That day will be my most happiest day on earth when you finally leave the South West with your 419, fake Naira, arm robbery, fake drugs and sub-standard products from Asia etc.

Priestley

Nobody cares if it will be your happiest day or not. Your happiest day would have come since 1967 when you people because of treachery teamed up with the rest to stop the movement. Look at who is talking yorubas are known to be worse of all you have mentioned above. We will be free from your heartless ritual and armed banditry May be you are not aware that a heartless yourbas pastor and his gang robbed the exchange at the airport carting away N600M. Who asked you to buy the substandard product from Asia? We will be eternally free from very dirty and lazy culture. You cannot even produce a fake bicycle spoke talk less of producing any thing at all.

John Graves

You are a fly in Achebe’s world. Go fuq yourself with your respect.

Israel

Achebe is a paper tiger I am controlling the dollars, Euros, GBP and the Naira, the problem with many of you is that you think everyone that is posting with you is poor or equal with you. Life is all about choice, some are rich they care less about their neighbors, society or extended families or their environment while some do. When chief Gani Fawehimi was fighting for the poor in Nigeria, some Nigerians who cannot afford one meal a day still abuse him for what he stands for, however, that will not put them on the same level.

Gideon17Up

Israel told you the truth, and you are too afraid to respond. He describe it exactly like it is. When will your people stop blaming other people for your foolishness?

Gideon17Up

Your Papa Achebe was all the while enjoying life in Lagos, while leaving your and your stupid people to die. Besides your Gbugburu Ojukwu ran away with yellow Bianca between his legs.

John Graves

Go read about Ojukwu and the Biafrans from a white man’s account. Google Biafra and Ojukwu and enjoy. Bravery is a synonym for Igbo. Your muthafuckin awolowo was and will forever remain a coward.

Israel

Which bravery, gragra without sense? lousiness and empty bragging, if you are brave indeed all your people are being slaughtered like goat; can you read the comment of Ohaneze and all your associations, your governors are even trading their blood for selfish ambition- What a shameless race looking for whom to blame for their backwardness; An intelligent race will put the past behind and push for the best of future but you are groaning in the pains of the past, your people are all over the place as hawkers in traffic hold ups, selling fake drugs and doing all manners of terrible things and you call your self the greatest tribe in Nigeria; IN WHAT WAYS?

Gideon17Up

You fatherfucking Ojukwu ran away with your yellow Bianca between his legs. Now, you want me to go and read about a white man’s account! That is exactly why it is easy for a white man to trick you guys. So, you believe in their lies. Get lost. Now I can see why your thick head people never listen to the voice of reason. If bravery is synonymous with your people, I would have expected you to be brave enough to remain in your fox holes in SE, rather than trying to run to everywhere in Nigeria. Your rich people cannot even stay one night in your territory. So much for brave people.

Priestley

Is there running to everywhere causing you heartache? You asked for it isn’t. You cannot eat your cake and have it. They wanted to leave but you can’t bear it. Now make it happen by trying something stupid or keep your mouth shut. They can live wherever they want and you cannot do anything about it.

igboham

I would leave dead people out of it if I were you including those you hate.

NV Danmola

How many more Igbos have you given money to start new businesses which, when you also die, will come around and testify to your goodness in their lives as some did for your mother? Have you no shame at all? From your trail of comments, I can tell you are barely 35 years old. Grow up!!

Israel

The money my mother gave them is partly from the monthly allowance we gave her. My family have sent igbos riding Okada to University and some have graduated as Chemical Engineers, we have supported some with funds for small scale businesses etc.Why are you persecuting the Yorubas; for nothing, if you leaders failed you, why look for whom to blame, you may not be older than my second son that is if you are up to 30 years.

Felikeke

People advocating indivisibility of Nigeria have a lot of investments to protect. For instance, what will become of the stupendous wealth of people like OBJ, Babangida, Dangote, Abdusalam,………………..? Where will the Ibos go; do you think the South South or the North Central will accept them? The Pharisees are not prepared to go to heaven and will also not allow others to enter ! What manner of contraption is this conundrum called NIGERIA ?

igboham

I will not care about any opinion you may have about ndigbo but must applaud you for coming to the conclusion that separation is the cure. I expect that you would henceforth call on your lawmaker to pass the necessary legislation to allow for a peaceful dissolution of this farce called Nigeria. You are smart like your grand ma.

Omoibile

your knowledge of history is twisted!! Awo was Gowon? Still anybody can say what they like Awo never supported secession even in the days many of supporters wished for it Awo stood behind Nigeria even as he described it as no more than a geographical expression!

You cannot build a nation to destroy it!

Awo is now the villian but did Zik not abandon secession? What of the mercurial and intelligent Mazi Ukpabi Asika?

Sunmi Olu

CEASARO,
Must Igbos always cry? Must Igbos always tel d world that they are backward? MUST Igbos alwys seek sympathy? Must Igbos alwys lament? Please, u people shuld get ur lives back. Did Chief Awolowo and Yorubas push u to go fight a senseless war? Animals. Fools. Omo irankiran. You go places and quarel wit indigenes. Yorubas are loving and friendly people. We tolerate and live in peace wit indigenes and our neighbours, including those who setle in our lands. Igbos are known to alwys court trouble everywhere. No wonder no one wants to live in your God forsaken land. Idiots. Awolowo has been confirmed to be d foremost leadrr of Yorubas and Sir Ahmadu Bello has been d foremost leader of northerners. pls who has been d foremost leader of Igbos? He goats. Fools.

John Graves

What do you call a senseless war, muthafucka? Are we talking about the same war Ojukwu declared to protect his people from annihilation in nigeria?
And for the records, who is crying? Your people are crying because your governor was not allowed to install CCTV cameras on the street of lagos. Why don’t you try living in a region of the country without federal presence for 43years, a$$wiper.

Gideon17Up

Fool you. You already have a federal presence in your region, you just don’t know what to do with it. Besides, why don’t you ask your governors or legislators to do something about it, instead of crying fouls.

John Graves

I will name the federal presence in the southeast and you name the rest. The military barrack in obirinze, near Owerri, the federal university of technology, the federal hospital, federal government girls college and the federal roads that are in very deplorable conditions. Your turn.

Gideon17Up

Didn’t your states or zone get allocation? Wasn’t Enugu a regional capital? If you get any money from the federal government, you already got your presence. If you are looking for investment by FG in your area, you need to direct it to your leaders and representatives. Of course, since they are at Abuja (or Lagos before now), they are too stupid to ask FG. Besides, your area might be too dangerous for investment.

BENGHAZI

Did u go to school at all? Did u read newspaper or you just look at the pictures and make your comment? If not pls go back and read what Fashola said and stop using Ojukwu for CCTV cameras. That was how you make GEJ a confused man.

Rusell

Why would he not truncate it when after securing SE, your greedy and dubious warlord was coming to capture the SW too. Or is SW part of Biafra?.

Gideon17Up

Unfortunately, it was your people who lead the coup of 1966 that threw Nigeria into disarray. You want to annex Port-Harcourt, Calabar, even Mid-West as Biafra. You were definitely out of your mind. If your renegade Ojukwu had limited his ambition to Igbo nation (current SE), you won’t have any problem. Gowon is Ojukwu’s boss, and any option by Ojukwu to leave Nigeria and disobey his superior is suicidal. Anyway, Ojukwu paid a price for it.

Olayori

This is 2013, Forget about the wishful thought. While you are scheeming a break up, have you asked what the governors in your region have done for their people? Those that have no clear ideas advocate for a break up.
You can do everyone a favor, and relocate your family to your the East.

9ja son

Qamal.break up of Nigeria into geopolitical zone is the right answer as of now,nothing else. Let d country split first into zones and they can come togethere if they wish to after 10 yrs

Lagos by Choice

Geo-political zones? I as an Edo man have more in common with the S.W than with an Ijaw man. Multiply this sentiment across most zones, and you will agree that atomising Nigeria may not be the solution.

Gideon17Up

I understand you man. Edo State can opt to merge with SW, and you are always welcome. I love your people man. And on your statement on atomising Nigeria, I can feel you. But if breaking up into zones would not work, then, resource control is what we need. However, a great percentage of it would have to be agreed upon to be sent to FG to run the country. Moreover, part of the money sent to FG can then be used to develop the area without any natural resources.

igboham

I understand you man. Edo State can opt to merge with SW

Gideon17Up

Great idea. I have said that in the past.

Omoibile

you are more intelligent than most commentators here. If there is a problem statesmen must find answrs not just break up.

http://www.facebook.com/jide.balogun.18 Jide Balogun

Well put, qamal

eyobaba

Without Nigeria Lagos state will be an improvised state, , 95 % of her business is with Nigeria, before calling for a break up please think of the negative consequences mind you oil is produced in the Niger delta but oil taxes paid to Lagos state if there is a break up obviously these companies must relocate from Lagos and there goes your indirect derivation, think skin head

Gbolabo

I don’t understand your meaning of Lagos being improvised state (evidence of low level of education). As far as you are concerned no nation can succeed without oil. How many developed nations of the world are oil rich? The oil companies can right now relocate to Niger Delta (and surely all the criminality will relocate with them) just as the northerners succeeded in relocating the nation’s capital to Abuja and watch how that will spell any death knell to Lagos or southwest. Pity your shallow reasoning.

Rusell

Thanks Gbolabo. Even the oil companies only have their Head offices in Lagos while their operational base remains in the SS; yet Lagos is still flourishing economically.

Gideon17Up

If you own an oil company, won’t you stay in a peaceful area like the Yoruba land? Lagos already has oil. The whole of Badagry is full of oil. They have been asked to relocate, so that the area can be used for drilling. The new Badagry is being built from scratch. Please do not allow Igbo people there. They will pollute the whole area with their criminal behavior.

kelvin

my brother you understand the economic dynamics and the interlink of the nigerian economy God bless you.its unfortunate some people come here to expose their ignorance

Gbolabo

There is nothing that cannot be faked by people from the area of the country this strange Gbolabo belongs. You are however forgiven as your fore fathers started it. Its just an inheritance for which cannot be totally blamed.

Israel

Part of my strong reason I want Nigeria to break is the claim that South West will be finished without crude oil allocation, secondly the IGBOS bragging that without them in South West have no business to survive. I posted sometimes that some of the posters must be small boys: Papa Awolowo did not utilize oil money or Igbo business enterprise to develop South West with all his achievements. It is beyond reason why anybody will thinking petty trading in traffic hold ups or importation of tokunbo and sub-standard products in Ladipo market and Alaba will affect South West economy negatively. I am yet to know one major industry own by an Igbo man in Lagos, please stop deceiving yourselves by bringing tribal issues in and I have to reply you.

Okoko

You are a tribalist

Sincerely Yours

No he’s not. What he has just pointed out has nothing to do with tribalism. He has stated facts. You people should read the facts in any comment and not see it with an ethnic connotation.

Oludele Akin

OKOKO,
And you and other Yanmirins here are nationalists? You people always crying over spilled milk. Get your lives back. You see urselves (Igbos) as d only good people and only inteligent people. Fools. Animals.

Dehinde

If you think so!

Gbolabo

Igbo usual sing song.

Rusell

I love him for that!.

Israel

The problem most of you small boys have is that you are too lazy to read; if you read the posting from the top to yours you will understand how tribal issues came into this all important topic; in their quest to defend GEJ and rubbish LASG and the Yorubas, three Yamirin{Ibos} insulted Papa Awolowo and there are two things I will not waste time any day to react to; issues affecting Christianity and my tribe- the Yorubas: Omo ale ni ma fi owo osi toka si ilu baba re. So come some of this boys whose father did not train will blame me for reacting.

Priestley

Can you tell me the industries the yorubas owe, and which part of the country patronise those products the most?

Gideon17Up

Name yours. Name your industrialist. Adenuga is one of industrialist from Yoruba land. Have you heard of Henry Fajemirokun? Just pack your craps and see how Lagos will rebound. The best time in Lagos was during the civil war, because most of your people left Lagos, and Lagos was at its best then. Please leave and just prove for once that we need you in SE.

John Graves

Lagos was at her best with who’s money? How many millionaires did nigeria have before the civil war and how many were yaribas? After the civil war, millionaires were springing up from all over yariba land like mushrooms. Where did adenuga get his money? How did abiola become a billionaire. Enjoy the spoils of war my dear. Na god give you.

Gideon17Up

How many millionaires does Nigeria have since ten years ago? Millionaires increase on a daily basis, every where in the world. Those among your Igbo people who have become rich, what did they do with it? Of course, they elect to stay in SW, where they feel safe. I feel sorry for you and your people. Go and learn how to develop yourself. If Nigeria breaks today, we in SW will lead the development. Why? We are cultured, organized, educated, resourceful, etc. Our industrial knowledge is unparallel. Recall, we were once a nation, conquering others before now. We are the best. Pack your garbage and leave our land.

Priestley

Your wishes will be granted at fullness of time. It may take but a while. To see how determined the project is you may note that SE are reaching out to international communities. You would have know that Orji Kalu was with the House commons in UK to discuss issues affecting SE. So this time around there be any war my friend. You can have Lagos and do whatever you like with it. You think that Lagos was developed by the SW people alone? Check out Ibadan, if you think so. I see you relapsing with time and become like Dahomey your neighbours. I imagine what will happen to your sports, entertainment, etc, etc, etc.

John Graves

I hope you know the meaning of industry, muthafucka. By the way, how many Igbo’s do you know? Prior to the oil boom, yaribas and almajiris came to Onitsha and Aba to trade. If part of your reason to break up nigeria is to show that the southwest can live without the Igbos, you are a moron. You are a template for an i diot.

Gideon17Up

The could not own industry because they are not industrialists. Look at the failed banks, and you would notice that most of them are headed by Igbo. They lack industrial capability. As for petty trades and street hawking, they (Igbo) excel in it. So, if Igbo leaves, Lagos will even be better.

John Graves

Check out Innoson motor manufacturing in Anambra State. Yes he started as a motorbike parts dealer. Now go check out his companies website and learn

Israel

GO AND RIDE THEM, We will never allow them to come into South West as they are APROKA, they will kill all our people in accident, use them there, count OODUA REPUBLIC OUT WHEN NIGERIA BREAKS.

Gideon17Up

Thank you my brother. Let them go and ride their fake product.

Gideon17Up

Whoever rode that motor would be preparing for his or her death. Where did you buy the equipment to build the car from? Of course, Oyinbo people. I won’t buy any motor from Anambra or any of your area. I don’t want to ride a car that is made of fake product or of low level quality. Please keep them to your area.

Terga B

Why are you talking about Lagos as if Yorubaland starts and ends in Lagos?. Lagos is owned by Nigerians, and they toil day and night to develop it. Why not talk about other cities; how developed they are, and how generous they are to the non-indigenes. My grouse with the Igbos is that they are so much blinded by foolish pride. To them foolishness is wisdom. Armed robbery is braveness. prostitution is business. Drug peddling is enterprise. Selling of fake products is market sense. Give them a little space and they want all. I thank God that they were disgraced by the war. they should learn to respect others and themselves.

Gideon17Up

Who owns the land? We the Yorubas own the land. Yes, people can come to Lagos and develop it. We still own the land!

Priestley

And the yorubas do none of those? Give me break. …disgraced by the war… so that you can leave with them, the criminals? You have no brain at all. How do you want to inhabit with criminals by all means? There is really something missing here.

Omoibile

why the abuse? how do you know he is a skin head? is it important to this discussion? that is why the new generation is not regarded with seriousness. You cannot sustain a chain of argument without abuse.

Even if there is a dissolution of Nigeria, international companies will do business wherever they feel most welcome. The scenario you detailed betrays a lack of understanding of contemporary economic history as evidenced by Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Israel.

BigBlindCountry

First of all, Lagos was there well before Nigerarea and it will still be thriving after we think of what to do of this contraption falsely labeled a “country”. Lago de curamo was rocking before oil, still will be after the oil is gone. Federal army (Lugard boyz) removed its capital from Lagos, what happened? Lagos keep thriving. Obasanjo stopped oil money (allocation) to Lagos, she didn’t miss a beat. Lagos has a big heart she welcomes everyone from Nigerarea and those people have lived in Lagos for generations. Lagos is home to them. The outlook for Lagos is better than the “contraption”. There are probably many ways to make this contraption work, breaking it up and fixing it from the bottom up should be an option to be explored not ruled out. As for the Lagos State commissioner, Lati Ibirogba, stop giving excuses, if you go ahead and do your part (Fashola Administration) when the Federal/ Unitary government wakes up to its responsibilities, they will meet you on the ground showing them the way forward. Eko..Obaje ti!

El Fenómeno

Shut up! You know nothing about Lagos. It has always been prosperous over the centuries due to it strategic location or do you think the British were stupid when they annexed it and made it a crown colony. I’m even sure you do not know the difference between a colony and a crownn colony. You all come here are stating saying rubbish. I studied history at LASU and Lagos history was always a core course almost every semester.

John Graves

Please educate us as to why lagos was declared a crown colony.

Dehinde

You thinki so!

Rusell

Oil or no oil, Lagos by virtue of her location as a port city is a fertile land for industrialization. Though I do not wish Nigeria to break, but the way things are going, I doubt it if that will not happen.

Okoko

Lagos is not only the port city in Nigeria. Let FG develop other ports with equal attention. Even the inland ports being developed by Yar’Adua can compete favourably with lagos if not for Nigerian policy to stifle others. If we continue to remain one, one day those ports will resume full operation.

lakerz

you said it all even though some people may disgree with you and call you names but theres no way one could turn a blind eyes to the important points you raised.

Bola Dada

This news is speculative and one sided for now. I know that eventually there will be more information to balance the news. That s the right time to form an informed opinion

Me

Many other Nigerians do see the sense in a
two way split. The observation of a bi-religious system is a foolish,
stupid idea and a major obstacle that stands in the way of forging any
national identity or ideology and subsequently, any progress or
development. Come back another thousand years, Nigeria will still be as
f****d up as it is should we continue to fool ourselves that “God” has a
plan for Nigeria. Is the American president given two options of
either the Bible, Torah or Koran at his swearing in? No! Why? Cos America is
ideally a christian state even though it is well accepted that you are
free to practise whatever religion you choose to.

Again, split this country along the border regions of southern Kaduna,
Abuja, parts of plateau Adamawa, Nassarawa and Kwara states. Make the
muslim northerners in places such as Jos north minorities – should they
choose to stay in the newly created Federal Republic of Southern
Nigeria and likewise the christian southerners in places like south
Kaduna – should they also choose to stick around in an islamic republic-
minorities in the newly created Peoples Islamic Republic of Nijeriya
(good luck to them though) .

Cos we expect our now desperately impoverished northern brothers to
launch cross border attacks into the progressive south, we should
maintain that buffer security zone i mentioned the other time – The Banza Strip, taking a cue from our israeli brothers on how contain
fanatical, murderous neighbours.

jman

Obaje tiiiii

Think differently

Fashola is the governor of Lagos state. GEJ is the President of Nigeria. There is no basis for comparism here. Fashola runs a part of Nigeria. Without the support of GEJ Fashola would be grounded. Ask what happened btw Tinubu and OBJ.

Israel

Was Tinubu ever grounded, any reasonable Nigerian that believes in true Federalism should praise Tinubu in this aspect for fighting Papa Obasanjo to a stand still, you need to be well informed and go and read the history of how Nigeria was after independence then you will understand the situation here since you are still under 40years.

Dehinde

Huun mr isreal these ara oke people desn’t like the truth you’re pouring out this morning.just leave them to their dreams.

Sincerely Yours

What happened between Tinubu and OBJ. Do you read your newspapers upside down. Are you not aware of how the former governed Lagos with all the fed govt might against him. Did the state not survive?

Rusell

Think differently, your different thinking is not sound. The frustration OBJ meant for Lagos state under Tinubu, if it was another state that faced it, such state would collapse-economically & infrastructurally. But because Lagos state economic power is not in the hands of the Fed. Govt, the development didn’t stop despite the withholding of allocation. So, I do not see where Fashola or Lagos state needs GEJ”s support.

John Graves

I think all yaribas are born to express hyperbole in all they do. Multiply whatever tinubu went through to the 10th power to know what the southeast has withstood for 43years. Stop the crocodile tears.

summy

8 million people to 33,000 police THIS IS ALREADY AN OPENING FOR JOB CREATION GOV FASHOLA, THE RESOURCES ARE THERE TO EMPLOY PEOPLE & TRAIN THEM

Dehinde

obaje ti!

http://twitter.com/GideonOrkar Gideon Orkar

Guy this story is a wicked lie

EDO BOY

really? give some reasons

Freedom

GEj rejection of security cameras shows he is Boko Haram too, What are Boko Haram members doing living in Bayelsa Government House in Lagos

Ade

You are just getting the FYI that some of us have known a long while. GEJ=PDP=BokoHaram.

david

Na real eko oni gbaje…bros we operate in a country where the child as more understanding than the father.

at the top

solar powered wireless cctv camera is not feasible and a waste of money. number one is that the solare cells are completely unreliable. the wireless transmitter does not last. it ages with time. the best method would have been the use of separate power plant to power all of them with proper cabling. don’t waste your money lagos

papaemeka

Stop using made in China my friend. I live in England with limited sunlight and there are solar panels in a lot of installations. In fact in a lot of buildings and organisations promoting sustainability, solar energy is being utilized. Why not naija with the sunlight we have. Corruption!!!

Say not to the PDP, peopled destruction party.

http://twitter.com/OlusegunAdekoy2 Olusegun Adekoya

As you live in England then you should know that you don’t believe everything you read in the press…try reading my post below on an interview granted by a Lagos State commissioner on this CCTV issue….

papaemeka

Are you one of the trolls paid via SURE-P and pipeline contarct? I can see you are working hard to earn your pay.

http://twitter.com/OlusegunAdekoy2 Olusegun Adekoya

You are very funny…forums like this provides us with the opportunity to critically analyse issues and challenge the misinformation being spread by news outlets…. I am very optimistic about Nigeria and I think people take it to imply that I support GEJ (I actually do lol)….ve u taken time to read my post below on this topic? If not,please and maybe you going to see were am coming from

Omoibile

Good on you man! I am a Yoruba man who also supports GEJ yet I never fail to criticise him cause I wish him to do better and I know he can!

Like you I have confidence in GEJ and Nigeria for too many reasons I cannot even begin to address here!

Emerem

Any facility you see in England with solar panel has an alternative power supply. England uses more of Nuclear energy and wind mill generated power. The guy who faulted solar powered cells in technologically correct. Very correct.

Leave PDP alone. The party has not done more evil than non-party people. Parties do not solve problems, individuals do.

White Shadow

Stop buying Chinese products when it comes to issue of security, these product are fake and unrelaible. Have you cared to find out why the automated security machines don`t work? It is because they are made in china. I use to think the machines were awaiting comissioning and the day I say a Chinese man working on it, I knew instantly it wasn`t going to work. As for the issue of solar panel, it is relaible and has a life span of 20 yrs provided it not fake. Mine had worked for over five year now with zero maintainace and the only time I had cause to call in the engineers was to increase the capacity. If you need any technology that last, simply stay away from Chinese products. But the corrupt officials and contractors will alway patronize these product to the detriment of the project and service.

Omoibile

that man at the top is the type of expert that makes our universities NOT to be respected. He cannot address technical problems but neither can he deal with philosophical issues! shame

Blakky

papaemeka thank you for your brilliant comments.people are just making mouth carelessly about what they know very little or nothing about. UAE we learnt have gone ahead to built mega solar stations capable of powering their gas valve stations or providing electricity for about 45000 homes and we are here arguing about if solar energy can power common CCTV for just one state in Nigeria. This poverty mentality and lack of common sense need to be seriously addressed if we have to move forward. State like Akwa Ibom, Rivers , Edo, Delta, Cross River, Imo, Abia, Enugu must make immediate plans to imitate Lagos State regarding this high tech security gadget. When would the Federal government do it? Have they finished sharing oil money amongst themselves? Have they finished buying private jets and buying houses at Dubai and London for their children children? Nigerians, there is no need coming here to quarrel or abuse each other. The issue of tribe does not even come here. Am from the South south and live in Lagos. If there is security of lives and property in Lagos is it not Nigerians resident in Lagos that would benefit from such a laudable project? The problem am having here is that critical issues like this always pass through tribal corridor and truncated at the end. When would Nigerians believe they are Nigerians and not Youruba, Igbo or Hausa? When would the pain of one region affect others and attract similar sympathy and possible help.Iam afraid if Nigeria eventually divide if that will bring peace to reign. Finally, nations all over the world have gone ahead to make sustainability their top agenda especially in energy consumption and food security. Where are we? Nigerians please answer me?

stephen77

There is another project in the pipeline with some state governments; Safer Environment Initiative by Yamaguchi Group, it s PPP.

It will have cameras on all the highways in Nigeria by year end, starting from SW and SE. They will be equipped with advance video analytic; Number plate recognition, Vehicle counting, Facial identification, monitoring, e.t.c

The video surveillance technology has changed over the last few years. With Ipv4, DDNS, CMOS/H.262, it is possible to have a camera anywhere and get get pictures at 5-10fps and control and access the cameras.

Free training for interested technicians, on configuration, installation and management will commence at ( Yamaguchi House) Allen Avenue office by July 2013.The Allen office is presently under renovation, it will be opened again by may ending.

At the end of the training,participants will be able to ; configure and install ANPR cameras, programme video analytic with C++, install Ip cameras on a network, understand TCP/IP with detail knowledge of subnet masking.

There are 1.83 million cameras in UK, the Boston bombers were caught on CCTV. Nigeria is presently shut of 645,000 cameras minimum.Installing, configuring and managing these cameras will be an industry for the next decades.

Omoibile

thank you but is that why the Federal Government stopped it? Some people need to leave chasing shadows!

otunba

The federal govt is wicked to have done this. Lagos needs a cctv camera like her fellow mega cities in the world. What the FG govt has done is a demonstration of their reactionary tendencies which has retarded development in the nation. This same FG dat has failed repeatedly to rebuild the Lagos-Ibadan road since 1999, had also rejected the south-west Acn governors offer to reconstruct the road. This shows that the FG is determined to frustrate the developmental initiatives of leaders who are desirous of development in their domain. May God save us from this wicked leaders.

http://twitter.com/OlusegunAdekoy2 Olusegun Adekoya

Where did you get the info that FG stopped the south-west acn states from constructing Lagos-ibadan road…it never happened and if truth be told Amosun frustrated the construction of that road by bi-countney. If you are in doubt, just search”Amosun and Bi-Courtney” in google….as per the CCTV project,please read by comment below…

qamal

Dear Mr. Adekoya,
Sincerely i have been following ur comments on this issue and I found it interesting, until u mentioned Bi-Courtney and Lagos-Ibadan exp rd. How can Amosun, who got elected in 2011, frustrate the construction of a road concessioned to them since around 2007?
Pls I await ur reply.

Sincerely,
A fellow Nigeria.

http://twitter.com/OlusegunAdekoy2 Olusegun Adekoya

@qamal, my response was a direct response to @otunba who said the FG stopped South-West governors from constructing the road which is a false statement.Obviously it’s a shame that Lagos -Ibadan expressway is in that terrible state but I believe that before the end of 2015 that road would fixed. When we voted for GEJ,most people said they were not voting PDP but GEJ so why are people quick to blame him for what happened before he became president. Sincerely, I support GEJ not because I like him as a person but because on his policy in various sectors i.e. education,agriculture,aviation,rail, port and the civil service restructuring amongst others.

Why are you so much interested in defending the Federal Government and PDP? We all know what the federal government is doing: nothing! It has since gone in an indefinite slumber thereby neglecting all spheres of its activities. Look at power, rail transportation and road network under its care, they have all been neglected to the detriment of we Nigerians. And you’re still defending such government. Being a bootlicker and reactionary element in an era of gathering consensus towards progress for our much pulverised country is not the best!

http://twitter.com/OlusegunAdekoy2 Olusegun Adekoya

You are definitely not being truthful to yourself….under GEJ sectors u mentioned are however areas he is making massive progress.. The power reform is at full throttle with the privatalisation judged by both local and foreign participants as very transparent. The trains are running again from one end of Nigeria to the other and GEJ government made this happen so I don’t understand you criticism. GEJ has constructed/repaired more federal roads in two years than OBJ and Yaradua did in more than ten years. To get a grip of what I am saying, you need to read broad and wide (I am in no way insulting u) because most of our news outlets are owned by rich Nigerians with vested interest so you don’t get to read about positive news in the press unless you search for it.

Tokunbo

What manner of democracy is this?is this true federalism? We need a party that will enthrone true federalism. Lagos i s a sovereign state has to wait for Federal govt before installing common CCTV cameras. Bloody jokers. Lagos state has a responsibilty to protect lives and properties of its citizens so wateva it takes the govt should do it. Same way states wait for FG to construct road within the state metropolis at the detriment of the lives of its citizens..this is a bastardized democracy..the same way the FG rakes 1.3trn naira annually from the apapa wharf and cant even spend 10m to patch the road …Lagos is a state allow it to control its resources and take care of its citizendds..not this nonsense we call democracy

yinka

Igbo people have been waiting for new Niger Bridge since 1985 and Lagos is complaining of a promised made by FG in 2011. FG has been fixing ORE-BENIN seen 1999 and still not completed. Lagos is asking too much from an inefficient government. I will advice the Lagosian to wait until 2020.

nuelsymbol

yinka, what a beautiful contribution that made me exposed my teeth . We would appreciate if Punch can endure to obtain Presidency comments .

jman

Listen Yinka ,, Lagos only want that clueless man to tell them where and what location they want to map there ghost ccv that will never exist so there will not be a mixed up but they pdp under clueless fisherman are playing politics just because Lagos Alone is far superior to FG..

chris Gabriel

And believe that?

Water No Get Enemy

Mind you,Lagos is not asking the FG for a favor,Lagos wanted to do it but the FG put a stop to their project saying they will do it for Lagos and other urban cities in d country.Try to read and comprehend before commenting.

Musa

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Boli Atepa of Ny Aleysund

Lame excuse. The state in a federal system does not need to wait upon the center to proceed with a matter that is on its list. In the US, cameras are installed by municipalities, not even the state can stop it. The LSG should have gone ahead if it meant to implement the project.

Ade

In the U.S. we have true Federal System, same cannot be said of Nigeria where a State Governor has no direct power or great working relationship it the IG. Just days ago they were deny the right to bid on power generation at the detriment of the citizens from all corners of Nigeria. One wonders how this Mumu rulers in abuja thinks at all.

Omoibile

true but Nigeria is not US!

Taiwo

Hello Olusegun Adekoya as sweet as your views are, as ‘factual’ as you sound to be am not convinced at all on the sincerity of the FG on their claim. You sound like a puppet to the PDP led govt. in the overseas countries the govt. give policies and enabling environment . They even encourage whoever will champion the course, what the FG is doing in Nigeria is to politicize the public benefit and frustrate any opponent working hard to effect positive change. Olusegun Adekoya we don’t need your campaigning for the FG use your own intellect to contribute positively to the betterment of the nation

Codes007

The issue here is the award of the contract. Who go chop this deal? People must be settled.

Omo Akin

Jonathan is destroying Nigeria. The legacies of our founding fathers have no place in this man’s diary. Let the Niger delta keep its oil and whatever and leave Nigeria alone. If the South East wants to go with them, let them resurcitate Biafra, they can never be the same they will only continue to deceive themselves> enough of his numerous mess..

eyobaba

Hi monkey what Niger delta go to do installation of cameras in Lagos state, you must either be a boko haram or a fulani man ode

Dr Pat Kolawole Awosan

President Jonathan really hate Yoruba people and that must be the reason why he is misusing his official position as president of Nigeria-a [chief steward of state] to prevent
the Lagos city hall from installing the ten thousand security cameras at Lagos State not FGN expense.

Nigeria being a Federation has been misinterpreted as unitary-state hence the continuation of treating states in Nigeria as extension of the unitary Federal unit wrongly.

Each state moreover, a former Federal capital like Lagos must be accorded preferential special status and treated with special consideration when attending to Nigerian states affairs.Lagos housed Nigeria Federal capital before independent untill Abuja, was founded and developed as new Nigerian Federal capital.

well you succeeded in abusing Dr Awosan but where is your point? GEJ may hate Yoruba but are there also other reasons for these cameras not bein installed. I hoped you would address that rather than contributing abuse. The police are actually NOT the decision makers for Lagos so if you call someone stupid then look carefully at the mirror?

Tell true

I think Mr Fashola is a lawyer. A very intelligent one I think. Is there anywhere in the constitution of FRN that say the state must wait for the Federal government before she can protect her citizen in a federalist state. Here in USA where we copy the governing system, the district goes ahead with any project she think it will benefits her citizen without even aproval from the county let alone the state.
I think its high enough time each state should take into their hands, the fotune and security of their state and citizen. Stop waiting for those people at the centre who can’t offer nothing. They are already curse.
Pls, Mr. Fashola if truely you want to protect and have in mind the the goodand safety of those whoe elected you, go ahead with your project. Prior!

Read the constitution properly. Fashola cannot install the cameras without the support of the FG which controls the police. In Nigeria, security is constitutionally saddled with the FG. If states had their own security apparatuses like it obtains in U.S. it would have been a different case.

Jay

@Afolabi Ayantayo,stop this false carriage of hatred. What the constitution said on security has nothing to do with cctv cameras. Does a bank, business buildings & private homes which as such device in their facilities got the approval of FG?
All the private home maiguard people have in their home, is that not part of security? All the street night watch men, are they entertainers?
Please be honest in your contributions, my wishes.

Nze

Does the State government need approval from the federal government to install security cameras and devices? I dont think that is a cogent reason not to go ahead with the installation. Even if the snail-paced Federal government wants to install them, they can add up to those the state wants to install.
My point is, the state has no cogent reason not to have installed the security cameras four years after the announcement.

Lanre

This is the challenge of the Unitary Nigeria we have. Alhaji Lateef Jakande was working on Metroline in 1983. Buhari of Nigeria stooped him. Now another brilliant politician and administrator, Fashola wants to implement a scheme that will improve the lives of the people, somebody in Abuja is saying No. The Boston Brother Bombers were captured because of the use of surveillance cameras. I have said and will repeat it. I am tired of this Nigeria. I want no part of it. Let every ethnic group/zone be on its own….. at least for 50 years. Give me my South-West Confederate Region of Nigeria. Now!

Patito

is it the same Buhari Tinubu told us is the messiah and continued to beg him to continue the damage? we are finished in SW and Nigeria….with APC or PDP

pampam05

What is ur solution Bro?

Gambo

The solution is to continue the way we are going until we all learn to live above tribal sentiments and to understand the sanctity of human lives. The injustice of the past are gradually been addressed by GEJ and those who are opposed to GEJ are those who are not used to justice. The people opposed to justice could be found around Tinubu, Akande, Buhari, Lai Mohd, Ango Abdullahi, Sultan of Sokoto, APC and CPC. These are people and party that have no conscience and never tired of looting and stealing from our commonwealth. The way we are now is better than any other arrangement. It was during the period of NPN that we had massive killing of political opponents and burning of properties of opposition, Buhari period witness the greatest assault on our journalists and lack of press freedom, IBB period marked the beginning of assassinations (Dele Giwa and political killings, Vatsa and Co, Orkah and Co), Abacha extended his assassination to women (Mrs Abiola), MKO Abiola, Wiwa and jailing of innocent people like OBJ and Co. The period of AA Abubakar was contusionist period. OBJ ere was not different from Abacha ere with the assassination of Bola Ige, Harry Mashal, Funsho Williams, etc, etc. Presently, we have peace and stability from the federal government, it is the state governors that are our problems for creating islamic militias and causing great act of sabotage to the federal government. Let leave the federal the way its. It is addressing injustice and would gradually solve most of the problems created by past leaders.

Henry

Bros u did not address the issue, what is ur take on the presidency stoping the goverment of Lagos who are interested in the security of his people, that is the issues. Is Jonathan doing the people of lagos any good, in preventing a governor from protecting the people he governed?

NIGERIAN

A real fool, acting like u know history…the corruption with impunity going on is ok by you. The killings in the North with no decisive presidential action is fine..or u’re ignorant of the fact that Jona get 900b anually for security? The Kidnapping is no big deal and different militias taking over the security apparatus of the the Nation is a sign of progress to ur dumb self. I’m sorry for U. Becos we’ve seen people that benefitted immersely from a corrupt Govt living like a beggar at the later end of their life. Let’s pray that God should manage ur life the way GEJ is managing Nigeria.

jman

So we should continue with pdp ?

eyobaba

You buhari now the sweet bride of Lagos state, politics sweet, please will acn in Lagos state ask Shari why he showed shameful hatred towards Lagos state send if he had changed his posture, the people of Lagos demand an explanation and snow apology from the highly unintelligent buhari

Louis Archibong

This is what our system gets (inefficiencies). In my opinion, this is not supposed to be on the FG’s desk. It is infact a LG type project. State govt comes in to support/integrate the framework amongst the local govt.
Power needs to get back to the people.

Jay

Lagos state govt is not sincere with that statement. Survelliance camera can never be enough in any city. In the city of Manchester, UK, most if not all city street light pole are fitted with camera. 10million security camera is grossly insufficient for the city of Lagos and the govts knows.
So, if the statement is honest and committed about high-tech security why hold on on security matters because the FG inform you of her intent on similar plans for Lagos?

eyobaba

Good and intelligent talk, you are a great thinker, not like those jazz talking contributors

abiodun johnson

Read the article, the FG told them to stop.

Oluwaseyi Sunday

I have said it once, and I will say it again, We live in a country where the “federal government” does not care about its people in any form, manner, orientation, line of thought or even impulse.
They even go to the extent of hindering security in a state that isn’t controlled by the “popular party”?
What manner of democracy is this? CORRUPTION DEMOCRACY!

http://www.facebook.com/efeturi.ojakaminor Efeturi Ojakaminor

This only shows how mean and petty our so-called leaders can be. After seeing the many times these cameras have been used to achieve useful results in crime-fighting in other lands these people are still telling Lagos that “we need to stop.” Must they be partisan in everything? Now we know we are being led by hare-brained militants,

Frank

They should tell us something else, Lagos state Government and Co are giving reasons for not fulfilling the promises that only exist on the pages of News papers, if not tell why will a Sincere State Government stop a Project as important as Security Cameras? With the threat of kidnap and terror every corner of Nigeria….. I live in a society where Projects are completed before been announced. But in Nigeria Projects are been announced and commissioned even before commence…May God help Nigeria.

abiodun johnson

“Nigeria” is the worst enemy of “Nigeria”.

What makes Nigeria is the constitution and laws of Nigeria, but Nigeria’s constitution and laws works perfectly against itself, Nigeria is the worst enemy of Nigeria.

Surprisingly Nigeria is just an entity, and Nigerians are supposed to be the directors and stake holders of that entity, but as faith has it, it is Nigerians themselves that are responsible for Nigeria’s disintegration to an archaic status, beyond civility, borderline incapability of democracy or self governance.

We are our own worst enemies.

How can a nation of 160 million supposedly smart people allowed themselves to be fooled for 12 plus years, yet we remain fooled?

How can any government deny 18 million citizens security due to party politics?

Amazing!

REV DR FELIX NWOSU

i wouldn’t no why federal government will not allow Lagos state government to do the right thing. Are they part of the crime in lagos?. maybe by this cctv their activities in lagos state will be seen even in trying to rig election.

BBC

THIS IS ANOTHER ATTEMPT BY JONATHAN EBELE GOODLUCK TO GIVE COVER TO HIS PARTNERS IN CRIME,OTHERWISE,WHY DELAY A GOOD THING LIKE THIS FOR A GOOD CAUSE TOO.

lagos government should go ahead vission and forget about vissionless peoplw who do not want any development

Tim

I am not surprised at all, this is the same country where if any individual want to tare Road around them the government will not allow them.

when would this country get it right?

Sola

What mounting CCTV in lagos has to do with FG. At times. LSG gives false alarm. FG had finished installations of its CCTV in some locations . If you are familiar with Lagos you should have seen some.for instance , the cameras were installed in 3 locations in oshodi. What is the argument now,if LSG has anything to do they should have started theirs.

eyobaba

Lagos state is an indpendent entity that has the power under our constitution to manage the state for the full benefit of it’s citizenry, the federal govt can only advice in certain cases and not stop such a project, if not for political gain the governor should go to court for a legal interpretation of the limit of the federal government knowing fully well that some of our best legal minds reside In Lagos state if you ask me I believe the acn just want to have enough political issues to use against pdp come 2015. The state is not forming a police unit but only equipments to assist the police in their duty to reduce criminality in Lagos state nobody stopped them from procuring armoured vehicles to assist the security force so before we believe the story coming from the state government theyshould publish the exact text of federal government directives, fashola should stop playing with our intelligence, so far he has been a very articulate leader but he should not rubbish himself at the tail end of his tenure

Israel

I disagree with you, Lagos state by now should be enjoying metro line by courtesy of Papa Jakande, Federal Government stopped it, Lagos State by now should be enjoying uninterrupted electricity, Federal Government stopped it, meanwhile PDP State governments across the country have set up power plants and I understand there is mono rail operating in PH now. This unitary system of government is against South West and is making other regions to leave as parasite on Niger Delta. You may not understand that with Caleb Olubolade as police affairs Minister and their agenda to rig election in Ekiti state in 2014 so that South West can remain under their main stream Poverty Development Party and keep Nigeria perpetually under the Feudalistic Lords who have nothing they are contributing to the nation presently other than TERRORISM, there is no extent they will not go: NIGERIA MUST BREAK OR 100% RESTRUCTURED NOT BY THIS FAKE CONSTITUTION REVIEW THAT WILL KEEP THE NATION RESOURCES FOR THOSE LAZY PEOPLE AT THE NATIONS ASSEMBLY COLLECTING FURNITURE AND ALL MANNER OF ALLOWANCES WHILE NIGERIANS ARE IN PAIN DUE TO THEIR WICKEDNESS.

lordsgate

If Lagos is indeed serious with the project, they should go ahead, they will wait forever for this good for nothing FG to do anything, Do Lagos need to be told that this FG is a nonentity institution.

http://www.facebook.com/okpara.ejike.1 Okpara Ejike

Why on earth will Fashola consult a drunkard before embarking on a good project

chukwuweta nwosu

Punch is deceiving Nigerians. This news holds no truth because 10,000 CCTV cost does not require FG assistance if LSG wants to install the cameras.

Olaoluwa

I am having troubles believing this report. I stay in Lagos state and I have seen these cameras mounted around Lagos and I strongly believe it is the FG doing it. As these were the same type of cameras mounted in Abuja also. I honestly don’t understand why this report would be painting FG black despite the obvious work which is been carried out.

Jare

Fashola and Lagos state government should go ahead to install their security cameras, and that must be done before the next general elections. Even if the FG later installs in the same locations, they can serve as back up to each other in event of breakdowns.

Typical, senselessly partisan PUNCH story. Whatever happened to all the solar-powered street lights on Allen/Opebi, Oba Akran and other areas on which Fashola wasted hundreds of millions of Naira? Fashola is over-hyped by a corrupt, south west dominated media axis. Road works in Lagos only deliver corrugated surfaces for motorists to ply. A drive round Lagos at night will reveal to any observant motorist the appalling quality of patch work that the Lagos Public Works Corporation is inflicting on Lagosians.

ADENIYI AJADI

Firstly, I think the state government is being lackadaisical & sluggish about the project. The L.S.government results into blame shifting cos it failed or is failing. FG cannot stop LS in providing security 4 her citizens since FG did not stop LS in buying patrol vehicles, bikes, bullet proof vest , armour cars etc 4 Nigerian Police LS commands. What is expected of Fashola is to continue with the installation of the CCTV at all the strategy points it has highlighted in the project(if at all there is 1). When FG is ready, GEJ will install his own CCTV wherever Fashola left out. Period!!!

EZEAKUNNE OBIAJUNWA

LASG has not told us their real reasons for failing to install the CCTV cameras. It is only foolish or prejudiced minds that it can deceive.

kelvin

most people in this forum are quick to swallow hook line and sinker what ever junk journalism punch doles out to them without ever asking for a balancing of the report. punch have rushed to press with a one sided report,the lagos state part of the story,but have not given room for a federal government response,is it that this journalist do not know where to go or whom to call to get the federal side of the story? No .it is only a part in their numerous run GEJ down scheme. if the story or accusation had emanated from the federal government against lagos state , you would have seen lai muhammed,joe igbokwe or the states spokes man’s response in the same publication. punch you are making a mess of the FOI law.

Nnaji Jekwu Onovo

I don’t think there should be any misunderstanding between
the Federal and state government in respect of the security camera. The fact
that federal projects are on the drawing board doesn’t stop any state
government from carrying on with its own project. It is obvious the federal
security camera will never cover all nooks and crannies of Lagos. My suggestion
is that the state government should initiate its pilot project on the worst
hotspot in the state. If this spot eventually falls into the federal mapping,
the allocation should move to other spots not implemented under state project.
We should stop the blame-game and marshal ways of implementing the security
camera project without conflict of interest.

http://twitter.com/piccatech Kola

The same way the pdp led govt blocked the development of Nigeria. 2015 is abt two years away.

The shoelessan would go learn how to make shoes and then probably given another chanxe in future.

Omo Suru-Lere

Na wa for people who no know jack about politics. Ordinary local council for London dey install cctv camera’s without the Prime Ministers consent, and things still progress par say par say.

ada711

Federal government should not infesting state governors willing to develop their states with its incompetence and brand of backward politics. A supposedly good initiative is suffering
because of mundane political considerations of PDP controlled federal government. It is becoming clearer by the day that this country requires an urgent intervention which federal government and most of her agencies appear to lack or not willing to exercise.

vote right next election

The Lagos state Government is NOT committed to to install the CCTV ,hence they relapsed since d PDP led Federal Government could be a good reason for NOT installing d CCTV. The governor of Lagos state as a smart politician should know that not installing the CCTV will amount to breaking his promise . So no excuse is acceptable to Lagosians.

Olufemi

If the reports are as accurate as we read here then my first amusement would be how and why the Federal Governement had to interfere, as well as interrupt, in a state project that was conceived to improve security efforts within and around the state. And also knowing fully well the funding was to be pulled from the Lagos Security Trust Fund and not been from the Federal Government’s coffers.

Secondly, the given reason why the process was halted makes our leaders at the federal level stink. I quote: “When we were about to embark on their installation, the Federal
Government contacted us and said we needed to stop. The reason we were
given was that the FG had a scheme in the pipeline, which involved the
installation of security cameras all over major cities in the country.

For anyone who can read between the lines, i am of the view that the Federal were shamed with this noble plan and action about to be taken by Lagos State, and instead of putting their full weight behind it and calling on other state governors to borrow the same noble idea. the Federal Government chose to steal it. Perhpas to make us believe they also have been thinking in that line and have been taking steps in that direction. Moreover, could this be another scheme by our corrupt men and women at the top to earmark and syphon another billions of Naira. Why halt a good work when lagos state shows the capacity to fund the project without asking for support from the federal unit. A state which also happens to be a major city, if not the “majorest” city, in Nigeria. Whether the project was politicised or not, i do not know but i am of the opinion that the federal arm of government should be supporting such causes, especially when the involved state shows the capcity to handle the developmental projects without waiting for the federal arm of the government. Times in the past we have had similar situations with moves made by the then state governors to maintainance or repair one or more “federal road(s)” in the jurisdiction of Lagos State.

Think differently

Why are we always politicizing issues in this country? What does the FG stand to gain by stopping the installation of CCTV cameras to fight crime in Lagos? Is Reuben Abatti the IGP? Some reports are completely prejudiced and biased. We do not benefit in any way by making issues look bad. Let’s be objective.

1 love

Nawa o. Federal govt decided to put an end to a project of a state govt all in the name of politics. No doubt, a clueless Federal govt will always be amazed by the visions of a composed state govt. Up Jonathan, na u go win come 2015 (4 ur village).

Mike

This is not an excuse from Lagos State Govt. , start the installation from the state road and see whether 10 GEJ will remove it, if he try it just report to the people that elected you and see whether there will be protest in the state.

Israel

For the gadgets to be 100% maximized including useful, Nigerian police have a major role in it and we operate unitary police which can be used to frustrate the use of the installations. The only side I did not like is the fact that LASG engaged Chinese equipments and companies, the implication is that it will not last and Chinese are too corrupt. Remember that the Police affairs Minister is strongly against ACN as they are planning to rig 2014 election in Ekiti.

Otedoda

Mr. Israel, Must you respond to every post? if you are a Billionier as u claim, I think you should have better things to do with your time.
How many times do you see people like me commenting on this forum ?????

Israel

The source of your wealth will determine whether certain things will be of interest to you. Remember Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Femi Falana, Arc Bishop Okogie etc who utilizes their precious time to fight and stand for what they believe in and I am sure they are not hungry like 70% of Nigerians. What you do in life is a matter of choice and not because you are a billionaire, most importantly a man should be involved in any GOOD THING THAT GIVES HIM JOY AND SATISFACTION, those things you have passion for. There are billionaires who wake up 1am and go to be bed by 11pm, Kira kita odo ola but there are also some that spend less time on business and make great deals. Your source of wealth can never and will never be compared to mine. I have not lifted one barrel of crude oil nor partake in oil subsidy nor any private or government contract, I am not leaving on our commonwealth. I WILL SOON BE ON TV LIVE, RADIO, PAPERS AND SET UP MY SATELLITE TELEVISION SO THAT THE POWER THAT BE CANNOT CONTROL IT, I am dedicating the rest of my life for justice, equity and fair play to all and most importantly to defend Christianity and Yoruba race, however, not at the expense of the right of others.

chris Gabriel

“Efforts to get the Presidency’s reaction did not yield positive result
on Thursday as the Special Adviser to the President on Media and
Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, could not be reached on his not pick the
calls made to his telephone line” What laziness! No reasonable effort to hear from the accused before rushing to publish. Maybe the FGN is also the reason why the taps have gone dry in Lagos.

Omoibile

of all the things in Lagos is only the taps you could comment on! Maybe you should migrate to Abuja where the taps never run dry, or even dive into the creeks of Bayelsa?

NIGERIAN

GEJ can’t be blamed for dis, He has been out performed by Fashola in all fronts. U people don’t know what it felt like to stand with a performer during Eko Atlantic City launch knowing fully well everyone calls U clueless. Dis is GEJ’s method of slowing Fashola down….before shame pushes him out of office…GEJ the pangolo president of Nigeria…

vote right next election

What I stated is that Lagos is not committed to this CCTV project, b/c even if federal government stopped them in a crafty way , they should have started from the state roads b/c the federal government will never cover these places for them . So the question is how far have you gone with this project of CCTV installation

disqus_jFkIl2Bvqh

I keep wondering why a lot of us cannot present our own independent thoughts and opinions on the issue(s) raised above. We seem to easily loose sight of the issues raised in the news item to which we are supposedly responding. We seem to be more commited to replying other people’s comment even whrn it has got nothing to do with the central topic… some even enjoy raining abuses on others thus showing their level of responsibility to be below acceptable levels.
Personally, I feel Lagos state government is not commited enough to the cctv installation. I truely believe that they have not exhausted all the available means to see to it that such a laudable project is actualized.

http://twitter.com/OlusegunAdekoy2 Olusegun Adekoya

Thank you my brother, read this post I posted earlier. There is a saying that if you want to keep something from black people that you should hide it in a book. We allow propaganda to inform our judgement instead of analysing issues and making informed decision ourselves
This is what we read in June 2012 so who is fooling who” Oluwatoyin Ayinde, Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, said the CCTV project was initiated by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Police Affairs in collaboration with the state government. He said the development was to have efficient crime monitoring and control, using security communication system. Over 1000 of the CCTVs are being currently installed in the state.

According to Ayinde, the Ministry of Physical Planning selected the sites for sitting the CCTV cameras in collaboration with other relevant ministries in the state that are working on the modality for successful installation.

“With regards to security of the state, the Federal Ministry of Police Affairs initiated the necessity for the government to install security communication systems/surveillance in all cameras in some strategic location within the state for effective and efficient monitoring and control of crime. This project brought the state Ministry of Physical Planning Department to select site for sitting the CCTV cameras in collaboration with other ministries in the state.

“At least, 1000 CCTV cameras with transmission based within the state are to be mounted throughout Lagos in areas like Victoria Island, Agege and other locations within the metropolis,”
“

But what manner of Federalism are we practising in Nigeria? What kind of politics do our politicians play to the detriment of the people’s interests, safety and security? What would make any sensible so-called Federal Government stop such a noble project on an unfounded excuse? Why should every good thing be sacrificed on the altar of politics of acrimony? Lagos is the most cosmopolitan city in the whole of the Federation, so why should the Federal Government be so insensitive and inconsiderate in their attitude towards the state government’s noble project? Honestly, the best thing that can happen to Nigeria is to allow each region to develop in its own chosen pace. Its most unfortunate when you have an action Governor that is a threat to a sleeping President. These people are just dragging Nigeria backward. If you do not want to go forward, then why should you ensure that every other zone or state in the Federation too must no go forward? This is not a Federal System of Government but Captivity System of Government.

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Sammy.

Why should Lagos state wait for inept federal government? Our president hasn’t been able to solve the bokoharam challenge in the north & the militant issues in his own Niger delta, he can’t be relied upon to do anything about crime in Lagos. Fashola should go ahead to install the cameras. You can see how the US police was able crack theBoston bombing case with help CCTV & real professional state & federal police. Fashola, please ignor the unreliable federal guys & keep Lagos safe.

TOBBY777

The federal cant provide security for nigerians and they wont allow those that can to. When our leaders stop playing politics with our security? TODAY IS YESTERDAY´S TOMORROW.

labenzy

My question is that what on earth has the Federal Government embark on has remain successful. We are tired of the present lead Federal Government. People are so anxious to be delivered from present government.

Mesiogo

I do not think presidency should be the first point of contact to clarify this story. Maybe office of NSA or minister of Interior before presidency before this story will be credible to me

http://twitter.com/GideonOrkar Gideon Orkar

Another case of pure blackmail. We were about to embark on installation ni installation ko. You had no design, no technology firm was able to provide a solution you needed to build WAN for the IP camera traffic bc of costs. Storage requirements were humongous. CIsco pulled out of preliminary talks and you come here to blame Fed govt? Naija the more you look the less you see.

The things stopping the project are technical solution and funding and not Fed Govt. since when did Lagos state need permission from Fed govt to install a camera on its own roads? Or does the Fed govt own all the roads in Lagos?

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jide adams

Cameras would not in any way help reduce the crime rate in any city that is grossly overpopulated with senseless traffic jams, poor road networks, and disgraceful infrastructures.How would the police that are corrupt, poorly trained, identify potential suspects when there is no data or effective intelligence on ground,Oga fashola enough of the cosmetic development, invest the money in developing human capital, training, education, and creating employment, then you’ll have far lesser criminals to chase or identify with your camera’s.

Kingsley Akabusi

Another thwarted development by the government of PDP. Quite unfortunate. Yesterday it was on power project(eletricity), today on security cameras.Evil Rulers.

Abami Eda

The important topic being discussed is the installation of CCTV in Lagos and you these young people have turned it into ethnic arguements. In the first place anybody who is fifty years old now must have been seven years old when the war ended and four years old when the war started. Even somebody who is sixty now would only be seventeen when the war ended and fourteen when the war started. Any Igbo man who acused Yorubas of being weak should remember that Adekunle Fajuyi was killed at Ibadan with Ironzi. Benjamin Adekunle commanded the 3rd marine commando of the Nigerian army that entered the Biafran enclave through Port Harcourt. Obasanjo received the surrender document from Effiong. At the Federal Executive Meeting, it was Awolowo who spoke against and prevented total wipe out of the Ibos by the Hausas. This was an information I got from an airforce officer at that time. All what Achebe wrote, why did he not write it when Awolowo and Ojukwu were alive? The war ended 43years ago and he was living in Nigeria all those years. He could not say that he knew more than Ojukwu about the war. He was not in Ojukwu’s inner cabinet. He was with radio Biafra ditching out their propaganda to the outside world. I was already a civil servant when the war broke out and a lot of my colleagues did not answer the call to go home. They said it was a stupid move. Most of you these young people commenting, your parents never left their villages until after the war. I first ventured into the eastern region in 1964 long before Asaba/Onitsha bridge was built and I have been going in and out of the area since then. With all the nagative things being said about the Yorubas, there are more ibos in Yoruba land than Yorubas in Ibo land.

Alex

Lagos State government, why the heck are you waiting for a do-nothing central government to delay your own project? Go ahead and start installing the stuff for goodness sake. There is no law that says you cannot install your own cameras in your state. By the time the FG is ready to install theirs in 2040, all they need to do is to install theirs in locations not aleady covered. Face it, 10,000 cameras are not even enough for the metropolis, not to talk of the whole State. The more cameras the merrier. Go ahead please and let us have some security.

Tolu Ajayi

Governor Fashola is the security officer of Lagos state and he has the mandate of the people to protect lives and property in Lagos.Please for the interest of the masses, go ahead and instal the cameras. Let GEJ take care of Kano, Bornu, Abuja, Adamawa and other places where Boko Haram is now in control.Our governor, please ignore them for our sake. I know Abati will always find a mischievous way of explaining the evil in Jonathan as he is doing on a radio programme now. I pity Nigeria.

kayde rufus

does this man GEJ have anything good to offer Nigeria/Nigerians….we have never had it so bad, evn under the military…time will tell

Tunji Babatope

MAYBE THEY (PDP) HAVE SHARED THE MONEY MEANT FOR THE PROJECT. MEANWHILE LAGOS IS HELD DOWN AS THEY HAVE DOWN TO THE YORUBA NATION ALL THESE YEARS. FOR HOW LONG WILL THESE BE? I AM JUST MUSING.

BENGHAZI

I will advice Fashola to go ahead on his plan. Any attempt to involve Jonathan, will end Fashola plan in failure. Eko oni baje.

Otito

Governor Fashola should go ahead and install the cameras or is there any law that states that only the Federal Government can install security cameras?

kiki nabil

It always amuse me when i see people living the matter for discuss and attacking one another on trivial issues.What has Ojukwu,awolowo igbo yoruba etc have to do with the matter that governor Fashola is raising here.i beg fellow colleagues in this forum you amuse me a lot.Can we please change the subject to real issue on ground?Hahaha..i deh laugh oh.

okoro onode Adoo

This news warrant no stupid comment on tribal level, but stupid coconut among Igbo just fancy insulting others. U have peace of mind in Yorubaland , u even now kidnap here and no one call u names except those that commit the crime, If u hate Hausa or Yoruba or TIV man then pack and go back to Aba or what ever or where ever in igboland now, Yes there was a war, who started the war? who suffered the war? All. including the innocent ones, The south South people were not consulted, Yes they weren’t and they suffered and were killed, YES IGBO are majority Christian and of Catholic faith. are we not all equals be4 GOD, Yes are all equal, Achebe type among Ndigbo we all non Igbo equally lost our love ones in a war u stupidly started. Stop blaming others for your woes and failures and arrogances

tolu

all of una no get sense at all… loooooool ACN blaming FG(which is PDP) for the failure to make their promises come true???? Abeg eeee tell that to a fool like Israel

http://www.facebook.com/ademola.odunfa Ademola Odunfa

That reminds me of how Shagari’s government frustrated the effort of Lateef Jakande’s government to start the metro line project

kennotti

this is a lie. mere fabrication and blackmail. sit back and read the story. it is nothing short of blackmail. LASG can continue assisting security agents in fighting crime but they should not blackmail anyone perceived as their enemy as reason for their failures.

Mr.Tao

I wonder how you guys reason? the news is about Lagos state and Fed Govt. Here you calling dead names, so pathetic. All of you are educated illiterates.

Ultimate legend.

Waste of money .

moribundnigeria

Jonathan doesn’t want Fashola to out-shine him in governance but he’s no where near Gov. Fashola.

$$drove

It’s like listening to 2 sides of an unending story. We know that one side doesn’t mean we’ll for Lagosians. So why can’t Fashola and his boys draw up a list of sites to be monitored and advise the FGN while the project is kick started pronto!

Olusola Adegbemile

If you think that you are going to make use of the CCTV cameras to monitor the way the 2015 election is going to be manipulated, I doubt whether that project will be allowed to see the light of the day until 2015 election! Abati and Doyin may have contrary views on this for the generality of Nigerians. Effect of unity in diversity!

Dr Fash

Lagos Govt shouldnt have stopped its own project…for security, duplication is not a bad idea. It is even good to have 20,000 cameras. LASG will control its cameras, FG will control theirs. Here, the lawyer-governor should have defied the FG, because the law does not preclude the existence of security cameras from two tiers of government.

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"Mr Orubebe, you are former minister of the Federal Republic, you are a statesman in your own right and you must be careful about what you say and about the allegations or accusations that you make and certainly you must be careful about your public conducts."

INEC's Chairman, Attairu Jega cautioning Orubebe over his conduct during the release of the Presidential election results.